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| How do you get the majority of your programming questions answered? |
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Previous Polls
| Poll from January 2003 | |
| Certification vs. experience--what's your opinion? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| Employers don't care about certification if an applicant is experienced. |
 47.3% - (109
Votes) |
| Employers hire those with certification over those without it. |
33.9% - (78
Votes) |
| It compensates for my lack of experience. |
18.6% - (43 Votes)
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Total Votes: 230 | |
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| Poll from December 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: How will the JCP adding open source to the licensing options affect Java? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| It will raise java to the next level |
61.1% - (22 Votes) |
| It won't have any affect at all |
22.2% - (8 Votes) |
| It's going to ruin the industry |
16.6% - (6 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 36 | |
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| Poll from November 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Which language did you start programming in? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| BASIC |
32.3% - (213 Votes) |
| Other... |
15.1% - (100 Votes) |
| Java |
14.5% - (96 Votes) |
| Pascal / Modula / Delphi |
10.9% - (72 Votes) |
| Visual Basic |
8% - (53 Votes) |
| C |
7.9% - (52 Votes) |
| FORTRAN |
6.3% - (42 Votes) |
| C++ |
4.5% - (30 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 658 | |
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| Poll from October 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Do you stay with familiar technologies or do you work with new ones as soon as they are available? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| I look forward to new technologies and try them quickly |
37% - (43 Votes) |
| I'll move to a new technology once it's established |
37% - (43 Votes) |
| I'll try a new technology if I'm forced to |
14.6% - (17 Votes) |
| If I'm comfortable with a technology I won't try something new |
11.2% - (13 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 116 | |
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| Poll from September 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Would you, or have you attended a training course for Java Developers? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| I have attended training courses and would attend again. |
25.6% - (29 Votes) |
| I would attend if I could afford the course. |
23.8% - (27 Votes) |
| I'm thinking attending one. |
15.9% - (18 Votes) |
| I doubt I will ever attend one. |
14.1% - (16 Votes) |
| I would attend if there were training courses closer to me. |
12.3% - (14 Votes) |
| I have attended training courses but would not attend again. |
3.5% - (4 Votes) |
| I haven't given it any thought. |
3.5% - (4 Votes) |
| The topics offered don't interest me. |
0.8% - (1 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 113 | |
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| Poll from August 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Which method do you use to stay on top of the latest technologies? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| Websites |
56.2% - (81 Votes) |
| Books |
20.1% - (29 Votes) |
| Online documentation |
12.5% - (18 Votes) |
| Magazines |
2.7% - (4 Votes) |
| Company sponsored external training and seminars |
2% - (3 Votes) |
| Other... |
1.3% - (2 Votes) |
| Company sponsored In-house training |
0.6% - (1 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 144 | |
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| Poll from July 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Which do you feel is more important, innovation or standards compliance? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| Innovation is most important, technology should be pushed as far and as fast as it can. |
26.3% - (29 Votes) |
| Standards and innovation are equally important |
23.6% - (26 Votes) |
| Standards compliance is important only if it doesn't slow down innovation or break old code |
23.6% - (26 Votes) |
| Standards compliance is essential, innovation should take second place |
19% - (21 Votes) |
| Neither is important to me |
7.2% - (8 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 110 | |
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| Poll from May 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Do You Use Java Servlets or JSP on Your Website? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| I use both Servlets and JSP |
42.6% - (98 Votes) |
| I use JSP only |
22.6% - (52 Votes) |
| I use neither |
21.7% - (50 Votes) |
| I use Servlets only |
13% - (30 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 230 | |
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| Poll from April 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Do You Use Style Sheets? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| I use CSS only |
51.6% - (124 Votes) |
| What are Style Sheets? |
15% - (36 Votes) |
| I use CSS and CSS-P |
10% - (24 Votes) |
| What are Style Sheets? |
15% - (36 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 240 | |
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| Poll from March 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: How Do You Edit Your Java Code? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| With a Text Editor and the JDK |
54.7% - (277 Votes) |
| With My Favorite IDE |
45.2% - (229 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 506 | |
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| Poll from February 2002 | |
| Previous Poll Topic: Which is more important to landing that Java programming job? | |
| Answer | Percent |
| Experience |
82.2% - (413 Votes) |
| Certification |
17.7% - (89 Votes) |
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Total Votes: 502 | |
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